APWU News The APWU has filed a second Step 4 dispute [PDF] protesting the Postal Service’s nationwide program to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16, is a companion to another Step 4 protest [PDF] filed the same day, and recaps many of the allegations made by the union […]
BUFFALO, N.Y.–Julie R. Cashmore, 46, of Lakewood, New York, who was convicted of theft of governmental property on August 13, 2008, was sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by 2 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, U.S. Attorney Terrance P. Flynn of the Western District of New York announced today. […]
APWU News The APWU has initiated a Step 4 dispute [PDF] with the Postal Service, protesting management’s nationwide plan to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16 by union President William Burrus, is in addition to an Unfair Labor Practice charge filed by the APWU with the National […]
Ponemon Institute Honors USPS Among 200 Businesses The premier privacy trust study in America has cited the U.S. Postal Service as sixth among 200 of the “Most Trusted Companies for Privacy.” For the fifth year in a row, the U.S. Postal Service has been recognized by the Ponemon Institute for its best practices in safeguarding […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) today announced its criminal enforcement data for November 2008 Guilty Pleas Former Letter Carriers Branch 272 Secretary-Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $45,000 On Nov. 6, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Kevin Sherlock, former secretary-treasurer of the National Association of […]
Informational Picket to Call for Return of APWU Union President and Return of Mail Operations to Olympia For Immediate Release 12/2/08 Contact Louie Mackey, Organizer (360) 357-6231 The Olympia Local of the American Postal Workers Union will be holding an informational picket on Monday, January 12, 2009 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Olympia […]
President George W. Bush has made Friday, December 26, a day off for federal employees. However, the Executive Order excuses most Executive Branch employees from duty on December 26. “The day off does not affect Postal Service workers, nor does it include Executive Branch employees whose agencies determine they cannot be excused for reasons of […]
Press Release Allegedly Used Loans Obtained in Fraud Scheme to Buy Two Porsches Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted Lorita Frazier, age 47, of Westminster, Maryland, on charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and embezzling over $74,000 of postal funds, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. The […]
APWU News APWU President William Burrus met with Stephen Crawford, a member of President-Elect Obama’s Transition Team, at the union’s national headquarters on Dec. 8, where the two “engaged in a thoughtful conversation about the future of the U.S. Postal Service and postal workers.” “Mr. Crawford impressed me as a highly intelligent individual, who is extremely […]
From National League of Postmasters December 10, 2008 – Freeze Announced As information, the following message was just sent to the Area V.P.s and to the field from Tony Vegliante: Staffing changes will be made in the Field beginning early 2009. Due to these changes, effective immediately all Area and District job postings are frozen […]